The Night Picket-boat at Hammersmith
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1912 (made)
1912 (made)
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Mezzotint of a picket boat on the River Thames at night, from Hammersmith Bridge.
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Title | The Night Picket-boat at Hammersmith (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Mezzotint on paper. |
Brief description | Mezzotint by Sir Frank Short, "The Night Picket-boat at Hammersmith." Great Britain, ca. 1880-1919. |
Physical description | Mezzotint of a picket boat on the River Thames at night, from Hammersmith Bridge. |
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Marks and inscriptions | Signed S (on shield) In pencil Frank Short. (Inscription from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921) |
Credit line | Presented by the Artist, in memory of his son, Captain Francis Leslie Short, who died on Active Service, June 3, 1916. |
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Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921 |
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Accession number | E.2560-1919 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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